TPS Documents
Training materials from inside Toyota — TWI handbooks, standardized work templates, kaizen guides, expert interviews, and book summaries. All free to download.
TWI Job Instruction
TWI Job Instruction — Original Course Materials and Forms
TWI Job Methods
TWI Job Methods — Original Course Materials and Forms
TWI Job Relations
TWI Job Relations — Original Course Materials and Forms
TWI General
Introduction to TWI, Roots of Lean and TWI, Isao Kato on TWI's Influence on TPS and Kaizen, +1 more
Standardized Work
Standardized Work — Toyota-Style Training Course (Five Sessions), A3 Thinking & Standardized Work
TPS & Toyota
TPS Presentation: Implementation and Profits, TPS Versus Lean (Shingo Conference), TPS Versus Lean: Additional Perspectives, +16 more
Kaizen & Problem Solving
Kaizen — Toyota-Style 15-Hour Basic Skills Course (Five Sessions), SMED Steps Overview, Sample Triangle Kanban Calculations, +6 more
Toyota Expert Interviews
Fujio Cho: Toyota Full Speed Ahead (Fortune, 2005), Tom Harada on Equipment Maintenance in TPS, Tom Harada on Jidoka in TPS, +7 more
Book Summaries
Basic Stability Summary (Slides), Basic Stability Summary (Text), Creating Level Pull Summary (Slides), +1 more
Presentations
Monterrey Conference 2009
Press & Media
Planet Lean Interview with Art Smalley on Leadership and the Four Types of Problems, IMPO Insider Q&A with Art Smalley on Lean Manufacturing, Make Room for an Obeya (Assembly Magazine, 2017), +11 more